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Old 02-17-2005, 08:43 AM   #47 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by raveneye
lebell, WMA: I'm looking at the big picture here, as is the Rolling Stone article. If you take everything into consideration, as the article tries to do, the picture you get is a military in significant trouble. We simply cannot continue along the road we're on much longer, with the current global state of affairs.

And it's not just about the future, it's about right now: there are critical, dangerous shortages right now, directly caused by the war in Iraq. Some substantial changes are going to be necessary. It's not a question of whether, it's a question of what.

The U.S. is really at a major crossroads right now. We have to make some hard decisions. In my opinion, it comes down to (1) pulling out of Iraq very soon and taking the time to reanalyze, regroup, and reassess our overall strategy on the "war on terror," or (2) a full military draft. It doesn't have to be one or the other, it could be some combination of the two, but both of these possibilities should be on the table right now.
The lessons of Vietnam compells me to agree with you. There s no better
way to end the madness of the Bush/neocon/Christian right agenda than
to institute a full military draft that will hasten the monetary bankrupcy of
the U.S. treasury while it is triggering a backlash of protest and resistance from those whose lives are suddenly disrupted, some shattered, by compulsory service in Bush's drive to spread his cancerous version of freedom throughout his growing list of rogue states.

The conscription of young men in the 1960's who then were sent to fill the
ranks of foot soldiers ordered to fight and die in Vietnam caused a backlash
that ended the presidency of LBJ, and finally the war. Boys of modest means who weren't sheltered by college draft deferments, disproportionately minority and not deterred by Cheney's "other priorities", or Bush's "go to the head of the line" pass, into the Texas ANG, in between volunteer work in political campaigns of his daddy's friends, or by flights to Washington at the invitation of Nixon to date his daughter Trisha, were the fodder whose ended up as the names on the black granite wall on the D.C. mall. Bush and Cheney got to live on and make names for themselves, and now are making a list of names for a future black granite, memorial wall.

Would that a merciful, all knowing, all seeing, Almighty, have seen fit to reverse this outcome; quietly overseeing an equal opportunity conscription 35 years ago, displacing the names of two boys of less advantage and influence, and no "other priorities", way back then, to inhabit that black granite memorial wall, with the names of George and Dick? If these two had had the privilege of "fighting for their" country in Vietnam, and giving their last full measure, instead of the two who took their places, how many would avoid needless suffering or death, today? We will never know, because God has obviously chosen to watch Bush's back, as he kills in the name and at the direction of the Almighty.

"Bring em on"....so that Bush has a reason to bring on a draft ! It's a great day to die for our PFCFRA....patriotic fundamendalist christian fascist of America.
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